Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
37,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,115 kr
Communal tax
- 6,883 kr
Church tax
- 261 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,395 kr
Net pay
* 24,605 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
24,605 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,395 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,316 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 37,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.11 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 51.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 37,000 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,395 kr. That means that your net pay will be 24,605 kr per year, or 2,050 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 33795
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 30002
18.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 37000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 37000
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 35705
3.5%
3
Thailand
DKK 34962
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 34397
7.0%
5
Singapore
DKK 33741
8.8%
6
Taiwan
DKK 33725
8.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 33127
10.5%
8
South Korea
DKK 32806
11.3%
9
Malaysia
DKK 32631
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 32601
11.9%
11
India
DKK 32560
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 30583
17.3%
13
Japan
DKK 30066
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 29304
20.8%
15
China
DKK 27815
24.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 36352
1.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 33121
10.5%
2
Cameroon
DKK 30367
17.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 30086
18.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 29677
19.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 29584
20.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 28064
24.2%
7
Angola
DKK 27913
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 26732
27.8%
9
Senegal
DKK 26152
29.3%
10
Uganda
DKK 26109
29.4%
11
Nigeria
DKK 26038
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 35150
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 35150
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 34040
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 34040
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 33407
9.7%
5
Kuwait
DKK 32930
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 32134
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 29140
21.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 29075
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 22876
38.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder tables of Denmark, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.